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IVI. KARP.

CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23,1915.

Patented Apr. 2, 1918.

MORRIS KARP, oF PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY, AssIGNoR 'ro '.PASSAIC METAL WARE coin- PANY, oE Passero, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 0E NEW JERSEY.

CONTAINER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr.. 2, 1918.

Application 'led ctober 28, 1915. Serial No. 58,403.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, MORRIS KARP, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a specification.

In my Letters Patent No. 1,103,674, granted July 14, 1914, I have disclosed a container, such as an oil can, provided with a spout or nozzle adapted to be pushed within the can when not in use or for transportation, and to project from the can for use.

My present' invention relates to improvements in the class of containers above referred to, and has for its object to 'simplify' and reduce the cost of manufacturing ,and applying such spouts or nozzles `to containers, whereby the number of parts are reduced.

-My invention comprises novel details of improvement and combinations of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in' the claims. v

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure l is a artly sectional side view of a container em odying my improvements showing the parts in position for use;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the'upper por tion of the container illustrating the parts in position for shipment;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of partof Fig.. 2;

Fig. 4 is an exaggerated sectional detail of part of Fig. 1; and v 'F'g. 5 is a sectional detail of parts 8 and 11.

The numeral 1 in the accompanying drawings indicates a container of any suit able construction, such as a tin can. The container is shown provided withl a neck 2, shown having threads adapted to receive a correspondingly threaded closure or cap 3. The neck 2 may be formed on or may be secured to the container as by solder or in any well known manner. Neck 2 is provided with a centrally disposed opening at 4 shown havin an inturned flange at 5. Neck `2 is also s own provided with an external projection 6 shown in the formof an annular rib adapted to receive a gasket or washer 7 within cap 3, to provide a close fit to prevent leakage of the contents of the container with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 2. At 8 is a hollow or tubular guide or support for an adjustable spout or npzzle 9, which is adapted to slide with- 1n said guide. lThe guide or support 2 extends within the container, and the outer end of said guide is supported at an opening in the container, being shown supported at the opening 4 of neck 2, whereby spout or nozzle 9 may travel in and out through suchopening. The guide or support 8 is preferably made in tubular form to guide the annular flange 93L on theinner end of spout 9. A washer or asket 10 is shown carried by said spout an bears against said flange. The open outer end of guide or support 8 is provided with a collar 11. The collar 11 is shown in the form of a sleeve or Atube receiving the openend of guide 8 and having a transverse wall 11a extending over the open end of guidev 8. Said wall is shown provided with an opening at 12 in which spout -9 may slide. The collar 11 is to be secured fluid tight at the'outer end-of guide 8, and said collar is of such dimensions as to fit snugly in the opening 4 and against vfiange 5 of neck 2, to prevent leakage at the joint therebetween. The collar 11 is adapted to fit snugly over one end of guide 8, and in order to afford a tight lit between said collar and guide, as well as to afford a tight lit between said collar and flange 5 of neck 2, said collar and guide 8, after the collar hasbeen placed upon the guide, may be compressed or rolled to cause the collar to taper inwardly in the direction of guide 8 from the wall 11, as illustrated more clearly in Fig. 4, and the flange 5 may be formed in an inwardly tapered manner to coact with the vcorresponding tapering surface of the collar. By compressing the collar 11 upon guide 8, as in the manner stated, a tight fit may be effected between said parts Without requiring them to be soldered together, although solder may be applied to said parts if desired. The collar 11, secured upon the end of guide 8 in the manner stated, reinforces said guide in the manner of a ferrule, and affords a secure attachment of the guide to the container Without danger of the guide becoming loosened. The outer surface of collar `11 is so located as not to interfere with the washer or gasket 7 when cap 3 is screwed on neck v2 to makea tight t thereat, for which purpose the upper surface of wall 11 of collar 11 may be substantially Hush with or slightly below the surface of rib6. Within guide or support 8 is a spring 13 shown bearing at one end against the flange of spout 9 and at its opposite end against the inturned abutment portion 8a of said guide, the normal tendency of the spring being to press washer or gasket 10 against the laterally disposed wall 111 of collar 11. The inner end of guide 8 is shown open, and said guide may be provlded with one or more openings 8b near its outer end, to permit liquid to flow into said .guide from the container.

Guide or support 8 and its collar 11 may be formed with the latter securely attached to one end of the former, and then the spout 9 havin pushed 1nto the opposlte open end of the guide, the spring inserted and the abutment portions 8a of the guide bent agalnst the corresponding end of the spr1ng. The container having the opening 4 and flange 5 ready to receive the guide 8 may be charged with the desired contents, and then the gulde may be pushed into said o ening to cause collar 11 to be fitted tight y in opening 4 against lange 5, the tapering surfaces between collar 11 and Bange 5, when forced firmly together, making a secure seam at the joint. The guide 8 thus is securely attached to the container or its neck with guide 8 extending into the container and supported by the neck, the'spout extending outwardly, the larts being assembled as illustrated 1n Figli. The cap 3 may then be placed over the spout and the latter pushed inwardly with the cap, whereupon the latter may be screwed upon the neck for retaining the parts, as illustrated in Fig. 2, for transportation and storage. When cap 3 is unscrewed from. the neck the spout will be projected outwardly for use. The container may be of a form having flexible walls to be squeezed to cause the outflow of the contents, or may be of any other desired form.

By means of my improvements I am enabled to reduce the cost of manufacture of this class of oods, eliminating some of the parts' hereto ore utilized, and providing spouts and their guides ready to be pushed into place in the corresponding openings of the containers or their necks, without danger vof leakage between the joints, and without the liability of anyone `unscrewing the guide and its spout from the container or can, thereby affording -a degree .of security the Washer or gasket '10 may be against the ready unauthorized relling of the container.

Changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of parts shown and described, as the same may be varied, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.`

Having now described my invention what I claim is 1. The combination of a container having an. opening, a guide having an exterior portion adapted to lit :trictionally fluid-tight against the inner wall of said opening to extend therefrom into the container, a spout slidable in the guide, said guide havingan apertured wall at its outer end, a gasket lto coact with said spout and wall to make a tight it when the spout is extended outwardly, a spring within the guide coacting with the spout and with the guide to normally press the sout outwardly, a cap, and means to remova ly attach the cap to the container over the spout.

2. The combination of a container having an opening, a guide having a collar secured around its outer end adapted to t fluid tight in said opening to Support the ide extend ed into the container, said co ar having a transverse apertured Wall registerin with the outer end of the guide, a spout a apted to slide and be retained within the guide and through said aperture, a gasket within the guide to provide a close t between the spout and said wall, a spring within the guide coacting with the spout and the ide to normally push said spout outward?, a cap, and means to removably attach the cap to the container over the spout to retain the latter within the guide. l

3. The combination of a hollow guide, a collar fitted around the outer end of -said guide and having a smooth outer wall to fit frictionally in a support, an apertured'wall extendin across the end of said guide, a

'spout sli able in said apertureand limited in its outward movement by said Wall, means to provide a fluid tight joint between thev spout and the wall, and means to retain the spout within the guide.-

Signed at Passaic, in the county of Passaic, and State of New Jersey, October, A. D. 1915.

MORRIS KARP. Witnesses E. W. ENGLAND, M. J. DU Bois. 

